The Sick Stag

A Stag fell sick and lay in a clearing in the forest, too weak
to move from the spot. When the news of his illness spread, a
number of the other beasts came to inquire after his health, and
they one and all nibbled a little of the grass that grew round the
invalid till at last there was not a blade within his reach. In a
few days he began to mend, but was still too feeble to get up and
go in search of fodder; and thus he perished miserably of hunger
owing to the thoughtlessness of his friends.